Parag Khanna predicts a continued decline of the U.S. standing in the world under the next administration. He says the United States is losing to the European Union and China in the geopolitical marketplace.

Politico says senators of both parties are relieved to have Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) back on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "where he can focus his energies on U.S. relations with Iran, North Korea and Kosovo," after his failed presidential bid.

Norm Kurz says it is "both incredible and shameful to see Iraq transformed into a secondary issue" in the 2008 campaign, and accuses political experts of deciding "that foreign policy issues are simply too complicated for the electorate."

Ryan Lizza in the New Yorker writes that "the emergence of Tancredoism" in the immigration debate among frontrunning Republican candidates for president is a surprising development and indicates one more way in which GOP faithful are rejecting George W. Bush's approach to the issue.

In the New York Times Magazine, Zev Chafets profiles the former Arkansas governor, exploring how a candidate “with no money, no organization, and no real policy platform or international know-how” has changed the Republican presidential race.

This report from the Pew Hispanic Center says a majority of Latino voters are returning to the Democratic Party. Just 23 percent of Latino registered voters align with the Republican Party, the study finds.